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Psalms 7:5

\7:4\If I have given back evil to him who did evil to me, or have taken anything from him who was against me without cause;

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In The King James Version

Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.

In Context

4\7:3\O Lord my God, if I have done this; if my hands have done any wrong;

6\7:5\Let my hater go after my soul and take it; let my life be crushed to the earth, and my honour into the dust. (Selah.)

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Cross References

1 Samuel 24:11\24:10\Look! you have seen today how the Lord gave you up into my hands even now in the hollow of the rocks: and some would have had me put you to death, but I had pity on you: for I said, Never will my hand be lifted up against my lord, who has been marked with the holy oil.

1 Samuel 24:20\24:19\If a man comes across his hater, will he let him get away safe? so may you be rewarded by the Lord for what you have done for me today.

Job 31:5If I have gone in false ways, or my foot has been quick in working deceit;

Job 40:12\40:17\His tail is curving like a cedar; the muscles of his legs are joined together.

Psalms 44:5\44:4\You are my King and my God; ordering salvation for Jacob.

Psalms 60:12\60:10\Have not you put us away, O God? and you have not gone out with our armies.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 7:2-10

David Prays Against His Enemies; Prayer for Sinners and Saints. 1 O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me: 2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. 3 O Lord my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands; 4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:) 5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread… Read the whole commentary →

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Study Psalms 7:5

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